Just because we can think does not mean we are separate from everything.
From inanimate object, to microorganism, to plant, to insect, to animal, to human, there is an evolving level of intelligence.
Have you ever noticed the perfection of nature? The seasons and how one changes into the next, the falling leaves, composting soil, rains, new seedlings, sunshine, growth, blossoms, etc. Grass grows, deer eats grass, lion eats deer, deer population is stabilized so there is grass for other animals; sunrise and sunset, boy and girl, winter and summer.
If we do destroy most life on this planet, science says it won't be the first time.
Natural events have completely destroyed this planet on numerous occasions in the past, and just like them we are a natural event destroying this planet.
There is nothing that exists, that is not existing perfectly, which includes every thought we have, every word we speak, and every action we commit. Therefore, there is nothing wrong with me, with you, with them.
Conscious evolution means having the desire to evolve.
Higher states of awareness is a by product of mental development and conscious evolution.
If we want to try again, then try again. The point is we have free will to act and accomplish along with the peace of knowing whatever happens is what needs to happen in order for nature to fulfill its destiny, which we are part of.
Learn to take pleasure in the search.